Auto Technovation Summit 2021

At the NXP Auto Technovation Summit 2021, the need to shape up a robust ecosystem for electrical vehicles took centre stage. Team ACI brings to the fore, the key opportunities and challenges identified by stakeholders of the industry.

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NXP India concluded a successful edition of the ‘Auto Technovation Summit’ 2021. Organized under the aegis of the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) and Automotive Core interest Group (CiG), the summit was focused on the creation of a robust ecosystem for electric vehicles. It was aimed at establishing, a high degree of synergy between various stakeholders including the EV Infrastructure companies overlooking battery and charging, startups, OEMs, and tier1s on one end of the spectrum, and the Govt. and key technology players on the other end of the spectrum. By doing so, it was opined that the industry as a whole could succeed at finding custom solutions to meet the needs of the segment.

According to S Jabez Dhinagar, Senior Vice President, Advanced Engineering Group at TVS Motor Company Ltd., there was visible demand in the two-wheeler segment. At TVS, he said, “Work is underway to build the desired ecosystem for the customer. There are a lot of concerns that the customer has.” “The customer of today is clear about not losing the advantages and or capabilities associated with the conventional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). This pandemic has made people travel more as isolated individuals which have resulted in two-wheeler sales booming,” he opined.

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